July 2015
Feature: Tango – Café de los Maestros & Friends
Available from Amazon for £19.99 and Presto Classical for £20. Tango enthusiast Siobhan Murphy reviews:The Café de los Maestros project was started back in 2004 by Gustavo Santaolalla and Gustavo Mozzi as a … Continue Reading
News: How Li Cunxin danced his way from Mao's China to the London Coliseum.
Ahead of bringing Queensland Ballet to London for a run of La Sylphide, the Mao's Last Dancer author reflects to The Guardian about his journey so far. Continue Reading
News: ‘Trust your intuition’, Alistair Spalding tells graduates
The chief executive and artistic director of Sadler’s Wells has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Roehampton, in tribute to his success and commitment to dance over 15 years at the theatre. Continue Reading
Review: Sylvie Guillem - Life in Progress - London Coliseum
Her prowess in pure technique is here shown as undimmed even at the age of 50 and her charisma fills the stage.... Continue Reading
News: The Car Man on Sky Arts
If you can’t get to Sadler’s Wells before the end of the run (9 August), you’ve now got the chance to see a new film of Matthew Bourne’s reimagining of Carmen next Monday, 3 August, 8pm... Continue Reading
Interview: She loves it and she loves it...
Sally Marie talks to Donald Hutera about her new show 'I loved you and I loved you'; her smart new apprenticeship scheme Sweetshop Tigers & the responsibilities inherent in receiving public funding... Continue Reading
Carlos Acosta - Cubania - Royal Opera House
Acosta, pictured performing Tocororo with Veronica Corveas, proves that at 42 he can still hold his own with dancers more than a decade younger.
Carlos Acosta - Cubania - Royal Opera House
Alexander Varona as the cigar-puffing, shoe-shuffling, gyrating rival in Tocororo is a stand-out, and Acosta transitions flawlessly from ballet maestro to boyhood breakdancer and back again. There’s energy aplenty but as a whole, lacks the passion to make a mark.
Review: Carlos Acosta - Cubania - Royal Opera House
The end is almost nigh for Carlos Acosta’s classical ballet career – he says he’ll finish next year – but the Royal Ballet’s Cuban dynamo has no intention of giving up dance... Continue Reading
News: Danza Contemporanea de Cuba - at home
As members of Cuba's leading contemporary dance company join Carlos Acosta in his 'Cubania' at the Royal Opera House, Rhiannon Brace writes about seeing them perform & rehearse in Havana... Continue Reading
News: Pop Shop youth take over day
Head along 12 August to celebrate the United Nations' International Youth Day with a day of workshops, art, and the chance to meet Popin' Pete. Continue Reading
Ardani 25 Dance Gala - London Coliseum
The evening’s final work is Arthur Pita’s Facada. Vasiliev is splendidly droll as the bridegroom who gets last-minute cold feet, and Osipova cuts loose with fabulous abandon as the jilted bride who, having wept several bucketfuls of tears, sets forth to extract revenge.
News: APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR RESOLUTION 2016 AT THE PLACE.
The selected shows will be performed at The Place as part of a triple bill in either January or February 2016. Continue Reading
News: 'The BENCH' set to smash glass ceiling for Female Choreographers
The new initiative aims to raise the profile of female choreographers in the UK and Internationally, and offers bespoke talent development/training for the recipients. Continue Reading
News: White Lodge Museum moves into the digital age
The extensive photographic and documentary records of many celebrated alumni will become accessible worldwide through a new online timeline. Continue Reading